Judge Chase and Party Platforms Stirred by Editorial
A reader letter challenges editorial claims about Judge Chase and his stance on Democratic platform. It discusses Chase’s suspected abandonment of Republican principles, his acceptance of a Democratic nomination, and implications for Reconstruction and national debt policy amid party divides.
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Barron
Salmon TP. Chase
Yds
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Justice Chase
Thea
Judge Chase
Chase
Republican Party
Democratic
Chicago
Ife
Gen. Blair
Seymour
Vallandigham
Wader Lampton
Forrest
Stely
Bir
Congress
Clare
Teltale People
Thia
Kame Mty
Treasury
Newspaper Editorial Cautions Readers on Public Debate
The writer states they have given a fuller statement of the facts than anticipated and invites readers to judge if B. is satisfied. They note they do not intend to use columns for controversy and reserve the right to decline articles likely to provoke further argument.
Prominent Americans Biographies In Appletons Cyclopedias Volume
A review praises three biographies in a new volume edited by L F Brockett. It highlights forty two engravings portraits and the work as a lasting reference. The editor notes the book compares to Plutarch and endorses wide distribution in homes and schools.
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Mercy
Plutarch
L. F. Brockett
Appleton
Cyclopedis
Messrs
St. Tuentis
Canvassorg
Agriculture Department reports widespread crop gains and cold snaps
The June 1880 Washington Department of Agriculture report shows wheat acreage up 10 to 12 percent nationwide with favorable conditions. Oats up seven percent with good prospects. Clover attention rising except in Eastern States. Castorage superior. Fruit crops expected to fall in peaches and apples due to May frosts. Maple sugar output up eighty percent in Massachusetts and sixty percent in Vermont.
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Vermont
Massachusetts
United States Acquires Midway Islands
The United States takes possession of two uninhabited Pacific islets midway between the Sandwich Islands and Japan. Each island spans about 9.5 miles by 0.75 miles, and the pair will be named the Midway Islands marking the first territory acquisition by the government in this manner.
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United States
Pacific Ocean
Sandwich Islands
Japan
Midway Islands
Secretary Sewarp Proclaims Ratification of Fourteenth Amendment
The secretary states no proclamation was issued confirming that three fourths of the states have ratified the fourteenth amendment, which is now effectively part of the U S Constitution.
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Sewarp
United States
Tragedy in Canton as man found dead with pistol
In Canton Massachusetts on the morning of July fifth a man named Jones was found dead in his bedroom from a pistol shot. His wife and mother in law Mrs Madden were arrested amid jailhouse whispers that the elder woman killed him perhaps with the daughter's involvement.
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Jones
Madden
Canton
Mass
James A. Randall
Quinsigamond Pond
Worcester
Worcester Academy
Asa Suaw
Buckfield
Julesburg
Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Line Progress Toward Pacific in 1869
The Union Pacific Rail Road spans seven hundred miles now and six hundred eighty already examined by U S Commissioners who call it first class. Twenty thousand workers are employed and at least nine hundred miles are expected to be finished this year with the full line opening to the Pacific in 1869.
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Union
Pacific Raiload
U. S
Pacific
Edgartown Woman Rescued From 30 Foot Well
A woman from Edgartown about 40 years old leaped into a 30 foot deep well Sunday morning. Water depth of about 10 feet and buoyed by her skirts she cried for help until bystanders rescued her with no serious injuries.
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Jan& Corrin
Edgartown
Drstance
Insect Plague Hits Maine This Summer
A visitor reports unusually high swarms of flies and mosquitoes in Maine, claiming his party abandoned a fishing trip near Moosuha and Jake due to the pest.
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Maine
Moosuha
Jake
Valley survey warns squatters threaten park plan
California commissioners report Yosemary Valtex valley spans 1141 acres with 745 meadow land and oppose squatters control over land amid efforts to create a national park. They condemn cutting forests for orchards or cattle ranching and warn of sacrificing wildflowers and natural beauty for cheaper beef. A Rochester med convention note describes Dr Richard son’s water purification experiment revealing living microbes in decomposing beef water and bodily blood after swallowing the water.
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Yosemary Valtex
California
Yosemite
Richardson
Springpark
N. Yay
Liel
Rochester
Army morale hits low as drunkenness alleged in U S service
In a House debate Mr Pile Missouri claims the Secretary of War told him officers are being dismissed for incompetency drunkenness and immorality at a rate that could remove one quarter of all soldiers in a year If true the army would require moral reform and temperance efforts across the ranks
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United States Army
House of Representatives
Pile
Missouri
Secretary of War
Scholfield
War Department
Army of the United States
Crops on the Island Show Encouraging Prospects
The Newport News notes a late spring mood, but reports crops across the island are strong. Farmers have hay in, corn and oats look abundant, orchards yield modest fruit, and overall farmer prospects and market prices are favorable.
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Crors
Newport News
Mrs Catharines Gilford Committed to State Lunatic Hospital
Mrs Catharines Augusta Gilford wife of Rev John E Giford formerly of Portsmouth R 1 but later of that city was committed to the State Lunatic Hospital at Taurton on the 15th inst by order of Judge of Probate Ef Bennett after being declared insane and needing treatment and custody. Physicians Paige and Murphy of Taunton examined her.
Bridge Draw Plan Appointed Engineers for Saybrook Crossing
On the Shore Line Railway case Judge Sanford names General Ambrose E. Burnside of Rhode Island Colonel M Oliver Davidson of New York and Andrew S Matthews of Stonington to prepare a plan for erecting the Saybrook draw bridge with no opposition filed.
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Connecticut
Shore
Lne Railway Company
Skeleton found near Holmes murder scene may belong to missing tailor
Report from Kingston states a skeleton unearthed half a mile from Cornelius Holmes's murder site likely belongs to a tailor named Jones who vanished about sixty four years earlier, around the time of ca. Andrews's birth.
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Kingston
Cornelius Holmes
Jones
Ca. Andrews
Man Finds Loot in Tallahatchie River Chest
A man bathing in the Tallahatchie River felt something solid on the riverbed and discovered a small iron chest. With help, he carried it to Oxford and opened it to reveal 8000 dollars in silver 2800 in gold 1200 in Mexican dollars and 4000 in Confederate money.
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Tallahatchie
Oxford
Vallejo Millionaire Apuima Farraaut Sees Rapid Wealth
Apuima AL Farraaut is described as a Vallejo California figure with many elegant homes and unoccupied lots. He reportedly owns twenty arrea of wheat in the city limits and foresees Western railroad growth making his property a future mine of wealth, with prices tripling in a year.
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Apuima AL Farraaut
Vallejo
California
Central Pacific
Terrible Buffalo Axe Murder Ends in Brutal Slaying
In Buffalo New York a barrel incident ended with Catherine Johnson seizing an axe and fatally chopping Bridget McDermott. The killing is described as among the most terrible in memory. The murderer is a mother of seven.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Catherineohnson
Bridget McDermott
Bridget
Portland Mw Star Reports City Plans Major Building Boom
The Tre Portland Mw Star notes that this season at least five hundred new houses and stores will be built and completed in the city. It estimates about two thousand have been erected since the great fire, with roughly seventeen hundred buildings burned.
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Tre Portland
Mw) Star
Cincinnati meeting to plan Harrison monument at North Bend
Leapre citizens of Cincinnati and surrounding Ohio locales gathered Friday night to organize a monument for the late President William Henry Harrison at North Bend. Governor Hayes presided and agreed to include the plan in his forthcoming message to the Legislature.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
William Henry Harrison
North Bend
Hayes
Parishioners of Rev Edward Murphy Decline Gift
Parishioners in Fall River proposed presenting Rev Edward Murphy with 1500 dollars as a testimonial before his departure for Europe. The pastor declined the gift saying his own funds had already been taxed for church needs.
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Edward Murphy
Fall River
Europe
Various 19th Century News Bits From Across the Nation
A collage of short notices reports events and anecdotes from cities including Newport Washington New Orleans New York and Norfolk. Topics cover disasters fashion crime education weather transportation and society notes with names places and dates sparse but evocative of the era.
Graduation Exercises at Bristol School Held on July 17
The Examinations and Graduation at the Bristol institution passed off smoothly on Friday July 17 in fine weather. Morning tests covered Algebra Virgil Mental Philosophy and essays by Miss Simmons and Miss Barrun. Afternoon exercises included essays by Miss Frisbie and Miss Coggeshall an address by Rev J J Peck and a valedictory by Miss Coggeshall. Diplomas were awarded by the Committee chairman with scenes of music and benediction concluding the day.
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Masit
Sherard
Eugéne A. Warner
Simmons
Barrun
Shepard
Howe
Philadelphia
Andrews
R.v
Whedon
Connecticut
Friends of Education
Bristol
Locke
Peck
Luther
C. P. Osborne
Hattie Frisbie
A. J. Coggeshall
Dr. Shepard
T. W Bicknell
E. R Luther
Ht. S. Latham
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J. J. Peck
Farwell
Mises Weeden
Gladding
Barros
Giadome
Two Drunken Passengers Sleep Through Steamship Sinking
On the steamer Providence during a sinking near Watch Hill two men had been drinking and slept through the disaster. One urged the other to wake, joking that the boat would sink, while the other declined, saying let it sink or stay aground. The pair awoke at dawn and reached shore safely.
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Art Brant
Providence
Watch Hill
Jack
South Christian Church Renovation Moves Forward
The South Christian Church at the corner of High and Constitution streets is undergoing extensive renovation. Roof shingled. north wall and tower repaired. vestry rearranged with new entrance from the west. interior work includes pulpit remodeling, gallery removal, organ relocation, ceiling renewal, painting and papering, and a new exterior paint and surrounding fence.
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South Christian Church
High
Constitution Streets
Bristol Poesix Commanic Schollers Examining Committee Report
Citizens of Bristol hear the Examining Committee praise the first quarter of the school year noting encouraging progress in higher grade classes and improvements in lower schools. The committee urges frequent visits by parents to boost teacher morale and pupil interest, signed J. J. Prox, Chairman.
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Bristol Poesix Commanic Schollers
Bristol
J. J. Prox
Heavy rain splits town by street line
A heavy shower drenched the southern half of town below Church and Constitution streets on Monday while the northern section saw only a light sprinkle. Hope street dust near Church showed the rain’s edge, with pooled water forming streams in the gutters as storms moved through.
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Church and
Constitution Streets
Hope Street
Church Street
Constitution Street
Town Hall Exterior Repaired and Repainted
Exterior of Town Hall repaired with updated window frames and redesigned tower, bell deck roof and upper area re shingled, vane and balls regilded. Spire regilded and whole building finished with two coats of paint, transforming from shabby to handsome and creditable in six weeks.
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Town Hall
Bake at Fox Hill draws near nine hundred dollars
The Bake at Fox Hill hosted by the ladies of St. Michael's Church on Wednesday was a decided success. Attendees called it one of the best efforts by church ladies, with favorable weather and receipts approaching nine hundred dollars.
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Fox Hill
St. Michael's Church
Sailboat stolen in Providence recovered. thief named Robert Smith captured
A sailboat stolen in Providence several days earlier was recovered in the city. The man identified as Robert Smith was arrested and taken back to Providence by Sheriff Pearce.
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Providence
Robert Smith
Pearce
Bristol Urges Allowance of Hotel For Travelers
A town article laments Bristol's lack of lodging for travelers and urges granting a licensed hotel keeper permission to run an orderly hotel with a bar for peaceable use. It notes the town's location on summer travel routes and the absence of public entertainment.
Bristol line steamers not sold to Boston firm
A Boston Journal report claimed the Bristol line of steamers were sold to the Boston Newport and New York Steamboat Company and would be withdrawn from the route. The paper warns the report is unfounded and unauthorized and that no such transaction occurred.
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Boston Journal
Bristol
Boston, Newport and
New York
Watch shop adds large stock of jewelry in Providence
Warcues and Joshua Gray at 231 Westminster street Providence announces a new shipment of ladies and gentlemen watches fine jewelry solid silver and plated ware offered at low prices.
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Warcues &O
Joshua Gray
Westminster Street
Providence
Duty and health through Standard Wine Bitters
The piece promotes Speer's Standard Wine Bitters as a reliable aid to heart and strength. It claims the product maintains vigor and tone and notes sales by Buffinton & West, T. J. Griffin, and N. C. Bedell.
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Speer
Buffinton & West
T. J. Griffin
N. C. Bedell
Steamer Providence Damaged Keel on Night Passengers
The steamer Providence suffered keel damage after an accident on the night of the 16th while sailing from New York. She was taken to a dry dock in New York where inspectors found significant harm from being beached. She will be repaired to full order soon, with the steamer Path: Roth replacing her temporarily.
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Providence
New York
Roth
Doctor H W Boynton Establishes Practice in Gardiner
Dr H W Boynton a Homeopathic physician from Gardiner Missouri has opened an office in the Mount Hope House building above J Wing Munroe’s store The notice hints Gardiner may become his permanent home if he receives sufficient encouragement See Special Notice column.
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H. W. Boynton
Gardiner
Mount Hope House
J. Wing Munroe
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